Watermelon 'Tom Watson'

I have not yet grown these, but did buy one several years ago while traveling to camp with my brother. The size was much larger than the ...Read More40-lb stated by heirloom seed companies. It was immense, perhaps 80 lbs. And it was the best watermelon I've ever eaten in my 58 years. I'm ordering seeds this year.

This is an old Georgia melon, a long green shipper that will grow large under appropriate conditions. It would not grow on uplands in Vir...Read Moreginia, but was a favorite on the James River lowgrounds. My father use to tell us stories about his father getting one that took two men to put into the wagon.